Fore
Fore is a village, next to the old Benedictine Abbey ruin of Fore Abbey, situated to the north of Lough Lene in County Westmeath, in Ireland. The village, is situated within a valley between two hills: the Hill of Ben, the Hill of Houndslow, and the Ankerland rise area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: town in Leinster, Ireland
- Also known as: “Fore, County Westmeath”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Féichín’s Catholic Church and Cloister at Fore Abbey.
Cloister at Fore Abbey
Grassland
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Cloister at Fore Abbey is a grassland.
Turgesius Island
Islet
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The principal island on Lough Lene is named after Turgesius who was a Viking leader who is said to have conquered Dublin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Collinstown and Castlepollard.
Collinstown
Village
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Collinstown is a village in north County Westmeath, situated on the R395 regional road overlooking Lough Lene. It lies 18 km northeast of the county town of Mullingar and had a population of 356. Collinstown is situated 4 km south of Fore.
Castlepollard
Town
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Castlepollard is a small town in north County Westmeath, Ireland. It lies west of Lough Lene and northeast of Lough Derravaragh and Mullingar. As of the 2022 census, Castlepollard had a population of 1,349 people. Castlepollard is situated 4½ km west of Fore.
Drumcree
Village
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Drumcree is a small village in County Westmeath in Ireland on the R395 regional road. This village is part of St Mary's Parish, Collinstown, and a sister parish of St Feichin's, Fore. Drumcree is situated 6 km southeast of Fore.
Fore
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Westmeath, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.68052° or 53° 40′ 50″ northLongitude
-7.22631° or 7° 13′ 35″ westElevation
116 metres (381 feet)Open location code
9C5JMQJF+6FOpenStreetMap ID
node 52241765OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Russian—“Fore” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Fore”
- Dutch: “Fore”
- French: “Fore (irlande)”
- French: “Fore”
- Irish: “Baile Fhobhai”
- Irish: “Baile Fhobhair”
- Polish: “Fore”
- Russian: “Фор (Ирландия)”
- Russian: “Фор”
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